The 10th Anniversary special issue of the Journal of Children and Media (JOCAM) is here! Called JOCAM NEXT, the issue includes forward-looking pieces about the future of research on children & media, from some of the leading thinkers in our field. Link to the special issue here - articles are free to download, for a limited time.

Also included is Vicky Rideout's commentary on why it makes sense to continue doing our best to measure the time children and teens spend with various types of media, using quantitative, nationally representative, probabilistic samples - despite the many challenges of doing so. The article includes lots of key data from the recent Common Sense Census: Media Use By Tweens and Teens, now available in an academic journal.

danah boyd puts the 'spotlight' on Vicky Rideout in the International Communications Association's newsletter for the Division on Children, Adolescents & Media

The next wave of the Common Sense Census: Media Use Among 0-8 Year-Olds (2017). We'll survey more than 1,000 parents to measure young children's access to and use of media, including television, touchscreens, computers, e-books, print, apps, and video games - and we'll look at the newest media such as Virtual Reality and virtual assistants (think Siri, or Alexa). And we'll track trends in screen use since the last study in 2013.

May, 2016: Spoke at a Congressional Briefing sponsored by Congressman Mike Honda and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee titled Digital Equity: Bridging the Digital Access Divide. The briefing was the first in a series titled Education Through the Lens, which will explore various aspects of educational equity.

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March, 2016: Participated in a panel discussion with the SVP for current programming at NBCand others at an event for Hollywood writers and producers, hosted by the Hollywood Radio and Television Societyand the Clinton Foundation, titled Parents, Hollywood, and the Power of Storytelling.

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October 2015: Participated in a panel discussion with Professor Craig Watkins at a strategic planning retreat for the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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October 2015: Facilitated a session at the National Academy of Science's colloquium on Digital Media and Developing Minds in Irvine, California, which brought together neuroscientists, developmental psychologists, child development experts, pediatricians, media effects specialists, social scientists, experts in informatics and computer sciences, public health and environmental health scientists, educators and child advocacy groups to develop a common research agenda.

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March 2015: Presentation to a National Academies of Science workshop on changing behavioral health social norms. Presentation focused on evaluationing the effects of health content embedded in the popular entertainment television show show Grey's Anatomy. Watch the workshop here. ...

October 2014: Presentation about trends in digital media use among young children, and the ongoing importance of the digital divide, at the Digital Kids Summit. Watch a video of the presentation here.

Elizabeth Moore and Victoria J. Rideout. “The Online Marketing of Food to Children: Is It Just Fun and Games?” Journal of Public Policy & Marketing 26, no. 2 (2007): 202-220. Note: Article received the Thomas C. Kinnear/Journal of Public Policy & Marketing Award recognizing the article that “makes the most significant contribution to the understanding of marketing and public policy issues within the most recent three-year period (2006-2008).”

Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families Annual Conference, October, 2004. Plenary speaker: New Communications Technologies, Their Impact on Children and Young People, and Implications for Social Policy and Philanthropy. (speaker)